Good Morning!

We are back to Monday – I hope you all had a great weekend!  Mine was a lot of fun, I headed up to Starkville.  I’ll be recapping some events from the weekend later today!

Let’s start with BREAKFAST.  It’s a good one this morning.  I’m really trying to eat a larger breakfast to help fuel me through the day!

Cup of coffee, of course!  English muffin with honey & butter, Morning Star Farms Sausage Links, and a Banana.  It was delicious.

I planned on waking up this morning for a run, but I’m seriously trying to improve on some bad habits I have.  One of those being the amount of sleep I get at night.  I got exactly 7 hours last night, preferably I’d get more, but that’s the reason I didn’t wake up any sooner.  I’m packing my gym bag for work though so I can squeeze in a workout at the gym after I get off.  Another bad habit I’m working on is my water intake.  I definitely don’t get enough to keep my moving body hydrated.  I’ve been working on a system at work that helps increase my intake by setting a goal to drink my blender bottle full of water by 12:30 and then again by 4:30, so I get about 44oz. right there.  It still needs some improvement.

This past weekend in Starkville, I experienced two very different scenarios that a vegetarian may find themselves in.

First, Nick and I had Mexican on Friday night.  I mentioned that in my post on Fun with Food Camp (btw, I found out it’s culinary camp – very cool).  I found a piece of chicken & steak in my veggies.  Something completely different happened on Sunday though at Starbucks.  I was there alone working on the blog, enjoying my skinny caramel macchiato and a lady offered me a sample of their panini (with ham & Swiss).  I thanked her, but told her I’m a vegetarian.  She moved on to the next guy.  A few minutes later, she brings over a bag and says that this panini has NO MEAT in it, it’s a tomato & basil (I’m fairly certain it was also larger than the first panini I was offered.  I was extremely thankful because that was unnecessarily sweet!  By the way, it was delicious – so if you’re hungry on the road and need to stop for some lunch, I highly recommend the tomato & basil panini from Starbucks!

 

Alright friends, I’m off to get ready for work, but I’ll be back later to recap my weekend!

• What do you eat for breakfast to fuel your day?
• How do you measure your water intake & what tricks do you use to increase that?
• Have you had the Tomato & Basil Panini at Starbucks?  What were your thoughts?